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this is mitt romney speaking to david gregory. check it out. >> well, i want to maintain defense spending at the current level of the gdp. i don't want to keep bringing it down as the president is doing. this sequestration idea of the white house, which is cutting our defense, i think is an extraordinary miscalculation. >> republican leaders agreed to that deal -- >> it was a big mistakes. i thought it was a mistake on the part of the white house to propose it. i think it was a mistake for the republicans to go along with it. >> let's keep in mind the context. the republicans held the debt ceiling hostage, completely routine thing over the last 40 years. it's been the -- the debt ceiling has been raised 90 times, average of twice a year. that's routine posturing around it. the only way to get them to vote to maintain the full faith and credit of the united states was to agree to this deal in which both parties bound themselves to these cuts which is called sequestration. this was the deal. this is what everyone agreed to after thi
this is mitt romney speaking to david gregory. check it out. >> well, i want to maintain defense spending at the current level of the gdp. i don't want to keep bringing it down as the president is doing. this sequestration idea of the white house, which is cutting our defense, i think is an extraordinary miscalculation. >> republican leaders agreed to that deal -- >> it was a big mistakes. i thought it was a mistake on the part of the white house to propose it. i think it was...
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he got set in terms of ann romney because we're talking about a spouse but the romney folks pushed out comments bill maher made about ann romney which were pretty unpleasant on friday night. and their argument is he's a donor to the super pac to the tune of $1 million. that's a lot of money. ted nugent is also an endorser whom romney sought. both sides might be regretting the sort of war on war on wars to make this person take ownership. >> i think ted nugent needs to write some new songs. only the one song we can think of. >> that's the nature of the controversy. >> i will say i think it is mitt romney has shown a certain amount of cowardice in terms of standing up to the more radical elements of the party. >> he needs to take opportunities to show his core. >> it could have been a moment of some kind. >> i'm sure they'll be asked about it again and again. at some point they make a more aggressive position on this issue. what they said today. >> it's not device sib language. it's just -- it's way beyond that. device sieve language is here all the time. >> i would characterize his lang
he got set in terms of ann romney because we're talking about a spouse but the romney folks pushed out comments bill maher made about ann romney which were pretty unpleasant on friday night. and their argument is he's a donor to the super pac to the tune of $1 million. that's a lot of money. ted nugent is also an endorser whom romney sought. both sides might be regretting the sort of war on war on wars to make this person take ownership. >> i think ted nugent needs to write some new...
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one is part of mitt romney's record. one is someone who barack obama has already distanced himself from, explained his relationship with in the 2008 campaign. so that comparison is one that the obama campaign simply could not let stand. it is why i think they were probably helpful in pushing mr. booker to do an explanatory video later and it is why david axelrod said on your show. very clearly sending a message. >> loud and clear indeed. the president, we should point out, after leaves nato today will go to joplin, missouri. the first anniversary of the fatal horrible twister. he's going to go zo the commencement at the joplin high school. that's a very important stop. >> the single most deadly tornado in american history. 160 plus people killed. may 22 is the anniversary. a nice night for joplin to get the president to come give your commencement address. >> indeed. our congratulations to all the brave people and the people who fought back so hard in joplin, missouri and their commencement. thank you for being with us.
one is part of mitt romney's record. one is someone who barack obama has already distanced himself from, explained his relationship with in the 2008 campaign. so that comparison is one that the obama campaign simply could not let stand. it is why i think they were probably helpful in pushing mr. booker to do an explanatory video later and it is why david axelrod said on your show. very clearly sending a message. >> loud and clear indeed. the president, we should point out, after leaves...
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he is running on romney's. how long would it take for romney's proposed budget to become balance. >> what aboutal answer? >> i don't know what the balance is because -- we hadn't run the numbers on that specific plan. >> all right. it is clear what's going on here. romney campaign knows how politically toxic ryan's ideas are if and wants to stay away from it. what's paul ryan without his ideas? well, he is just a random, ambitious congressman on offering up vague gobbley cook to sound soothing to the casual ear. they can probably do it a lot better than paul ryan. >> steve, you could say -- you could have -- people did say the same thing about obama and biden who when they were running had serious differences on foreign policy. and then when they got together, obama suddenly had to answer for joe biden's foreign policy ideas. bring them on which was the reason they brought on joe biden for foreign policies. bring them on without taking some of biden's -- >> you don't have to own all of the ideas that the other
he is running on romney's. how long would it take for romney's proposed budget to become balance. >> what aboutal answer? >> i don't know what the balance is because -- we hadn't run the numbers on that specific plan. >> all right. it is clear what's going on here. romney campaign knows how politically toxic ryan's ideas are if and wants to stay away from it. what's paul ryan without his ideas? well, he is just a random, ambitious congressman on offering up vague gobbley cook...
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romney and paul ryan are intensifying their focus on swing states, romney starting today in colorado before joining paul ryan in ohio where a new poll today has president obama breaking past 50%. joining me now, chris cizilla msnbc contributor and managing editor of host politics.com. this is the biggest edge that the president has had in ohio so far. and what does it mean that the romney/ryan campaign are focusing on ohio as well, the president will be going to toledo all roads leading to ohio later this week? >> that's right. look, andrea, what it means is history is close to determinative as it relates to republicans, ohio and the presidency, which is no republican presidential candidate, no republican presidential candidate, has been elected president without winning ohio. i think the bus tour in ohio begins tomorrow with mitt romney and paul ryan is a evidence that they are clearly worried. i've talked to lots of people, so much public polling out there, some showing president obama with almost a double-digit lead. i talked to most people on the republican/democratic side who sa
romney and paul ryan are intensifying their focus on swing states, romney starting today in colorado before joining paul ryan in ohio where a new poll today has president obama breaking past 50%. joining me now, chris cizilla msnbc contributor and managing editor of host politics.com. this is the biggest edge that the president has had in ohio so far. and what does it mean that the romney/ryan campaign are focusing on ohio as well, the president will be going to toledo all roads leading to ohio...
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let's watch. >> i am on the romney ticket and what mitt romney is proposing is repeal all of obama care. in the house repeatedly i have voted with that position. i support that position. i'm pleased to support the position of getting rid of every piece of obama care, including the cuts to medicare which are used to pay for obama care. >> the budget plan that you are now supporting would get to balance when? >> well, there are different -- the budget plan that mitt romney's supporting gets us down to 20% of gdp government spending by 2016. that means get the size of government back to where it historically has been, where president obama has brought the size of government to as high as it hasn't been since world war ii. we want to reduce the size of government so we can have more economic freedom. >> i get that but what about balance? >> i don't know exactly when it balances because we haven't -- i don't want to get wonky on you but we haven't run the numbers on that specific plan. >> what we love about paul ryan is that he's wonky. but it's a different paul ryan. i understand he's the n
let's watch. >> i am on the romney ticket and what mitt romney is proposing is repeal all of obama care. in the house repeatedly i have voted with that position. i support that position. i'm pleased to support the position of getting rid of every piece of obama care, including the cuts to medicare which are used to pay for obama care. >> the budget plan that you are now supporting would get to balance when? >> well, there are different -- the budget plan that mitt romney's...
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he paid a higher percentage than mitt romney. higher tax rate than mitt romney. joining me now for more front page poll politics, jonathan and erin mcpike from real clear politics. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> morning. >> john, let me start with you. you cover congress in-depth for "times." you know this better than just about anybody else out there. how much actual truth are we hearing from either of the campaigns at this point about medicare? >> well, just listening to paul ryan and when he says his plan is not going to affect you, the seniors he is talking to, he's right. his plan would not kick in until those who are 55 now, turning 65. so the people who are in medicare now and getting medicare will be held harmless. the people under 55 would see very big changes. and there's a big question, because remember, george w. bush when he wanted to partially privatize social security, he made the same pitch. he said no one over 55 will be affected by this. but you know what happened is that seniors didn't care about that. they said, look, we want
he paid a higher percentage than mitt romney. higher tax rate than mitt romney. joining me now for more front page poll politics, jonathan and erin mcpike from real clear politics. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> morning. >> john, let me start with you. you cover congress in-depth for "times." you know this better than just about anybody else out there. how much actual truth are we hearing from either of the campaigns at this point about medicare?...
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something romney once said. this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ donovan ] i hit a wall. and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go for olympic gold and go to college too. [ male announcer ] every day we help students earn their bachelor's or master's degree for tomorrow's careers. this is your moment. let nothing stand in your way. devry university, proud to support the education of...
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how much do they matter for the romney campaign? >> well, romney is going to lose oklahoma for sure, probably tennessee. i've been wondering if he would make a play for tennessee, but i haven't seen it yet. georgia will almost certainly go to gingrich and then the following week, i think mississippi and alabama probably go to santorum or gingrich. the way romney looks at it, he is going to inherit most of the southern states in the fall anyway, but it's clear he's having problems there. i think part of it is mormonism. >> despite what you say will probably happen in ohio with romney squeaking it out, what does it mean for him if he only takes the states where he is favored, massachusetts, vermont, virginia? >> well, that would be unfortunate for romney, because that would be a very minimal victory. he would still get the delegate win on tuesday but it's a question of impressions and the impression would be that, once again, romney has performed minimally, rather than maximally. and, in one case, it's mainly just because the other ca
how much do they matter for the romney campaign? >> well, romney is going to lose oklahoma for sure, probably tennessee. i've been wondering if he would make a play for tennessee, but i haven't seen it yet. georgia will almost certainly go to gingrich and then the following week, i think mississippi and alabama probably go to santorum or gingrich. the way romney looks at it, he is going to inherit most of the southern states in the fall anyway, but it's clear he's having problems there. i...
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something romney once said. this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ feedback ] attention, well, everyone. you can now try snapshot from progressive free for 30 days. just plug this into your car, and your good driving can save you up to 30%. you could even try it without switching your insurance. why not give it a shot? carry on. now you can test-drive snapshot before you switch. visit progressive.com today. >>> back to "hardball." this is the side show. a special one. the making of a misleading campaign ad. mitt romney has been taking heat for twisting a bit of president obama's speech in virginia into a negative campaign ad. here is what the president actually said in that speech. >> if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. you didn't get there on your own. i'm always struck by people who think, well, it must be because i was so smart. there are a lot of smart people out there. it must be because i worked harder than everybody else. let me tell you something, there's a whole bunch of
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romney isn't going there on policy. it's like he's embracing cheney on personality. >> on personality, and it seems the one way there is a policy overlapse, it's kind of an undifferentiated general truc truckulance. he wants to have a trade war with china. he's still involved with eastern european cold war countries that don't exist anymore. he wants to have war with iran, it seems, even the obama policy is proving to be quite successful in terms of tough sanctions. so it's almost like he's embracing the truckulance that cheney represents without any real intellectual framework or engagement. >> or cheneyism. >> exactly. >> that the actually goes some distance to explaining why we would be embracing cheney and not bush. there's been some effort to try to make second-term bush seem like less of a cowboy than first time bush seemed. make him to seem, like he was sort of, um, i guess, less -- not aggressive, but he always seemed aggressive, but they certainly tried to dial up other aspects of his personality rather than ju
romney isn't going there on policy. it's like he's embracing cheney on personality. >> on personality, and it seems the one way there is a policy overlapse, it's kind of an undifferentiated general truc truckulance. he wants to have a trade war with china. he's still involved with eastern european cold war countries that don't exist anymore. he wants to have war with iran, it seems, even the obama policy is proving to be quite successful in terms of tough sanctions. so it's almost like...
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take a look. >> i joined the romney ticket. what mitt romney is proposing to do is repeal all of obama care. >> ryan is distancing himself from his own -- or distancing his own from that of mitt romney. what does it say about the second person in the republican ticket that he's already backing away from his own platform? the reason paul ryan was attractive is he's this budget guy. >> it's smart for them to revisit and put out a newer plan. one they can both agree on. that makes perfect sense. but to go back to one of the points mentioned earlier. when ryan has been developing his own plan, he did so along with a democrat from oregon. he approached this in a bipartisan way. every plan he's come up with has been done with a bipartisan consensus, to some extent. that's not true of obama care. in terms of the amount of money that's cut, we shouldn't be get sboog a back and forth as to who is going to cut more. what are we going to do with the savings? obama wants to put it into obama care and a new entitlement for health care. wher
take a look. >> i joined the romney ticket. what mitt romney is proposing to do is repeal all of obama care. >> ryan is distancing himself from his own -- or distancing his own from that of mitt romney. what does it say about the second person in the republican ticket that he's already backing away from his own platform? the reason paul ryan was attractive is he's this budget guy. >> it's smart for them to revisit and put out a newer plan. one they can both agree on. that...
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that is why i'm supporting mitt romney. >> as muches mitt romney, your campaign and republicans in general want to frame it as the economy. the polling indicates that women really are reacting and that there's been a big swing in suburban women. that is the big issue in virginia as to who should be supported in congress so that republicans in congress could in fact be effected perhaps by the debate you had in richmond over what was basically legislation that would require invasive sono sonograms. >> the bill you are talking about is a bill that 23 states have a bill that requires a woman to be given the option of seei inin ining a ultr a a soun making a decision. what men and women want is to know how their children are getting into college and have a reduced tuition and how the crushing national debt will be kept in check so that we do not become like europe. i mean, at the end of the day, while there's some discussions, and these are important discussions for people, they want no know where the candidates stand on these important moral questions, polls are a snap shot in time, what peopl
that is why i'm supporting mitt romney. >> as muches mitt romney, your campaign and republicans in general want to frame it as the economy. the polling indicates that women really are reacting and that there's been a big swing in suburban women. that is the big issue in virginia as to who should be supported in congress so that republicans in congress could in fact be effected perhaps by the debate you had in richmond over what was basically legislation that would require invasive sono...
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just left romney come at him. and let him get exhausted. >> we just heard that sound byte from david axelrod. stating the record is not going on the attack. stating the record about where we were and where we are and where we are going is not an attack. last night we saw an american businessman tell the american people he really wants the job. we felt it. and whether you like it or not, i know substance is a big issue, but presentation in debates is also very important. and it leaves an impression on people who don't have a job. this guy wants the job. president obama last night, he seemed timid at times and off his game as if i really got to go into this rope-a-done strategy. you know what? i'm a strategy supporter, and i think president obama had a bad night. he's had a great four years considering and that's where my focus goes from here, but i'm not going to be in denial that the president needs to pivot on this and needs to get aggressive on the record, not so much to be negative against things that romney ha
just left romney come at him. and let him get exhausted. >> we just heard that sound byte from david axelrod. stating the record is not going on the attack. stating the record about where we were and where we are and where we are going is not an attack. last night we saw an american businessman tell the american people he really wants the job. we felt it. and whether you like it or not, i know substance is a big issue, but presentation in debates is also very important. and it leaves an...
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questioned whether romney would have done that. bottom line is mitt romney would have taken out osama bin laden and also would fix the economy. i don't know about change of tone. this should be a moment that we all pull together and celebrate as americans. i think we kind of lost that . >> i feel like it has not been clear. what does he believe on this agreement? it was a very vague release that the campaign put out. it struck me as we have to put out a release and don't want to commit ourselves. >> i think when the agreement came out you didn't know much about it. it was tough for the challenger to be there. it is interesting. an advisor to governor romney applauded this agreement as i have and as others have. it is a good thing. i think it should be followed by a trip to afghanistan by the president. the president is taking advice of the romney advisors in what he does. simply said getting out in 2014. you are not going to signal calls to the enemy. i think in terms of it is tough for the contender to take apart piece by piece. i
questioned whether romney would have done that. bottom line is mitt romney would have taken out osama bin laden and also would fix the economy. i don't know about change of tone. this should be a moment that we all pull together and celebrate as americans. i think we kind of lost that . >> i feel like it has not been clear. what does he believe on this agreement? it was a very vague release that the campaign put out. it struck me as we have to put out a release and don't want to commit...
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romney did release. we know some of his investments were offshore, and we know that offshoring stock? the caymans is one of the things you do to avoid paying taxes. now we have this trove of documents that put into black and white the tax avoidance benefit of mr. romney's money being in the caymans. they thought they put this story out of the news cycle by announcing paul ryan. but that only worked about a day as a distraction before everyone started talking to them about the tax returns. then the topic moved on to todd akin and pregnancy and pregnancy's connection or lack thereof to rape. but now it seems we are moving back to mitt romney's taxes. there's no proof here published in these documents about what totalment amount mr. romney paid in taxes. the documents aren't even proven to be from mitt romney's investments. but he does have cayman islands investments. the reason why someone would want those. as of this weekend in parade magazine which comes out on sunday, the romneys are going to unveil a n
romney did release. we know some of his investments were offshore, and we know that offshoring stock? the caymans is one of the things you do to avoid paying taxes. now we have this trove of documents that put into black and white the tax avoidance benefit of mr. romney's money being in the caymans. they thought they put this story out of the news cycle by announcing paul ryan. but that only worked about a day as a distraction before everyone started talking to them about the tax returns. then...
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the campaign spend a lot of time defining romney before romney was able to define obama. he was criticized for taking a week off in july. and for bungling that foreign trip to england, israel and poland. he announced paul ryan as his running mate but that didn't produce the bump he needed. as the focus of the race turned to medicare and the ryan budget. the republican convention was disrupted by weather and a guy talking to an empty chair. and then mid september, the leaked video of mitt romney's 47% remark surfaced. the first presidential debate, romney bested obama in front of 66 million people and began to benefit from mement tum. and then hurricane sandy hit. on tuesday romney will try to unseat an incumbent president, he's trying to knock a party out of power after just one term. while the president is targeting each part of his coalition with a handful of small arguments, romney is counting on winning the large one. >> he made a lot of promises, but those promises he couldn't keep. and the difference between us, he made promises he couldn't keep, i'm making promises
the campaign spend a lot of time defining romney before romney was able to define obama. he was criticized for taking a week off in july. and for bungling that foreign trip to england, israel and poland. he announced paul ryan as his running mate but that didn't produce the bump he needed. as the focus of the race turned to medicare and the ryan budget. the republican convention was disrupted by weather and a guy talking to an empty chair. and then mid september, the leaked video of mitt...
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>> i joined the romney ticket. and what mitt romney is proposing to do is repeal all of obama care. >> one of ryan's strengths was supposed to be that he wasn't perceived as a typical politicians, he's known for standi ing up for his beliefs a his plans, when it comes to hard questions on tax reform, he sounded like a typical politician. >> will we soon see a plan that's specific about which loopholes to close? >> that is something we think we need to do in the light of day and the house and congress to pass a project for tax reform. we want to get feedback from americans about what priorities in the tax code we should keep and which ones we should get rid of. >> light of day, which means after election day. that's a split particularly on medicare. finally, if it's wednesday, we have election results. how does an establishment member who has a high -- get to the republican primary? when you have three challengers splitting the votes against him. tommy thompson won the senate primary in wisconsin with a meager 44% o
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as a political move is the romney camp right now a little bit nervous? >> i think like you said they were always a little nervous about the latino vote and who would come out to vote and if nothing else maybe latinos who came out for obama last time maybe that vote will be less so it will give romney a better chance of winning over all especially in some of the swing states like colorado. but i think now this was nothing, you know, but a pure political move. it will make certain groups very happy that he did it. he said he was going to do something. it's a last-minute proposition, but at the end the day is also going to be seen as highly political. right now the president's popularity when it comes to how he's handling things is not so good. and it was a big risk. >> is that going to make a difference though? i guess my question is it's not as though this is something so completely out of left field for the obama administration. >> yes. >> it's not like it's a big flip flop or anything like that is it, kiki? >> no. here's the deal. no matter what the pre
as a political move is the romney camp right now a little bit nervous? >> i think like you said they were always a little nervous about the latino vote and who would come out to vote and if nothing else maybe latinos who came out for obama last time maybe that vote will be less so it will give romney a better chance of winning over all especially in some of the swing states like colorado. but i think now this was nothing, you know, but a pure political move. it will make certain groups...
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president obama 55% said president obama. 31% said mitt romney. how does romney turn that around? >> i don't, as a practical matter, think he can. i think governor romney has locked himself into so many positions that are conservative like the endorsement of the ryan budget. and in one sense, the campaign guy is right. there is a reset and you start anew. but the great david axelrod will not let romney forget what he said in this campaign. i think it would take a significant event for the president to lose. having said that, it doesn't mean that democrats can be complacent. we will have to be on our toes, we want to win back the congress, and there is plenty of fight ahead. i think they're locked in and it was a huge mistake. >> i agree and the in your opinions say that, but i don't take granted for granted. >> absolutely. >> thank you for your time tonight. ahead, willard is trying to erase his policies on women. sorry, that won't happen. plus, what a long, strange trip it's been. we'll show you why the republican race tarnished the gop brand like we have never seen before. and i
president obama 55% said president obama. 31% said mitt romney. how does romney turn that around? >> i don't, as a practical matter, think he can. i think governor romney has locked himself into so many positions that are conservative like the endorsement of the ryan budget. and in one sense, the campaign guy is right. there is a reset and you start anew. but the great david axelrod will not let romney forget what he said in this campaign. i think it would take a significant event for the...
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romney, ryan. romney, ryan. romney, ryan. >> okay, now, you'll notice in both clips mitt looks just as goofy which caused me to react. some people heard romney. other people heard ryan. our clip from nbc, unfiltered, we ran it. politico heard ryan as well, and they report it had that way around 5:30 the afternoon of the event, which was what our staff followed. later "the new york times" wrote that the crowd was chanting "romney," then they followed with a correction that our staff read overnight saying kind of hard to follow what it was. this was among the chee-tos brigade as to whether i would vote for mitt romney, is trying to throw the election by filtering a tape and cracking a joke. really, guys? your conspiracy theories are getting out of hand, the poll con spercy, the fox news to throw the election for barack obama? it's getting out of hand. like this two-second frenzy is just silly. conservative blogger jazz shawl for hotair. too many people who are ostensibly fighting for the conservative cause have ch
romney, ryan. romney, ryan. romney, ryan. >> okay, now, you'll notice in both clips mitt looks just as goofy which caused me to react. some people heard romney. other people heard ryan. our clip from nbc, unfiltered, we ran it. politico heard ryan as well, and they report it had that way around 5:30 the afternoon of the event, which was what our staff followed. later "the new york times" wrote that the crowd was chanting "romney," then they followed with a correction...
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can romney extend it in the south? can santorum expand it beyond the base of support he has right now in the party? romney, it seems to me can he make the math become the momentum? he is in the middle of a very difficult ten days in the math, and for president obama, what we have been talking about as well, is he going to get credit for an improving economy, or will be he tagged with somebody who is not recovering the economy quickly enough? that's our back drop. peggy noonan, start us off. how do you see the race right now? >> i think that you still have to say that mr. romney is the one whose fortunes everybody watches because he's still the frontrunner. others have risen and fallen and come and gone, and i think the race is romney, who has a way of grinding it out and staying, not doing the up and down, but just staying. and santorum, who is coming up and he has a close poll in illinois, and who is holding on and who is trying to break through as the not romney, and he is trying to make it a two-man race and we'll s
can romney extend it in the south? can santorum expand it beyond the base of support he has right now in the party? romney, it seems to me can he make the math become the momentum? he is in the middle of a very difficult ten days in the math, and for president obama, what we have been talking about as well, is he going to get credit for an improving economy, or will be he tagged with somebody who is not recovering the economy quickly enough? that's our back drop. peggy noonan, start us off. how...
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>> the point -- i joined the romney ticket. >> the romney ticket. huh? someone suddenly isn't so proud of his bold plan that turns medicare into voucher programs? raising eligibility age to 67 and forces seniors to pay $6400 more for health care. mr. ryan only wants to talk about the romney ticket? he's flipping and flopping on his own legislation? well, that makes him the perfect running mate for governor romney. on the day ryan unveiled his budget, mr. romney couldn't stop gushing. >> i applaud it. it's an excellent piece of work and very much needed. >> very much needed. excellent piece of work. let's hear him applaud it some more. >> this is a guy who's willing to stand for something. congressman ryan and i are in the same position with regards to making sure we save medicare. this is the proposal which congressman paul ryan has adopted. it's a proposal i believe is absolutely right on. >> is right on. they're in the same position until when they're not. >> some people are saying you are making it a referendum on paul ryan's budget plan. >> well, i h
>> the point -- i joined the romney ticket. >> the romney ticket. huh? someone suddenly isn't so proud of his bold plan that turns medicare into voucher programs? raising eligibility age to 67 and forces seniors to pay $6400 more for health care. mr. ryan only wants to talk about the romney ticket? he's flipping and flopping on his own legislation? well, that makes him the perfect running mate for governor romney. on the day ryan unveiled his budget, mr. romney couldn't stop...
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romney, you were not for the loan, you know you weren't. mitt romney can't hide from his past. he killed jobs as a corporate ceo, he wanted president obama to kill jobs in the automobile industry and his policies will kill jobs if he's the president of the united states. his opponents are figuring it out, that is why they are going after him. not because they think he might get the nomination. this guy has a chance to destroy the republican party based on his business model. we're in a country that is trying to create jobs. he has a record of butchering labor. i must say all of the republican candidates don't have a good word to say about labor at all. santorum said president obama didn't save the automobile industry, he saved the unions. really? tell the other side of the story, mr. santorum. talk to the unions about how they took a haircut and came back with a reduced package to keep that industry alive and saved millions of jobs. get cell phones out. the question will more americans receive pink slips if mitt romney becomes president. a for yes or b for no. 622639. go to our
romney, you were not for the loan, you know you weren't. mitt romney can't hide from his past. he killed jobs as a corporate ceo, he wanted president obama to kill jobs in the automobile industry and his policies will kill jobs if he's the president of the united states. his opponents are figuring it out, that is why they are going after him. not because they think he might get the nomination. this guy has a chance to destroy the republican party based on his business model. we're in a country...
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what's romney's position on this. what's he going to do to appeal to the veterans that obama doesn't have except say we're going to stay in afghanistan for another ten years. >> i don't think romney has it in the whole history of his family. joe, you're going to say about about the decisions about war. not if they have the guts to fight them, the decision making, i was wonder fg their automatically republican a anymore. >> military men and women tend to be conservative about using the military, and many feel it has been used carelessly. we're used to setting goals and having to achieve those not having it move down the yardline like in iraq. i think the president erased the deficit that the democratic party had since vietnam of having national security credentials. it was harming our national security here at home. being willing to violate international air space over pakistan and doing it aggressively to eliminate al-qaeda, and sayingly pivot to where the real challenge for thus century is. i find that to a large ext
what's romney's position on this. what's he going to do to appeal to the veterans that obama doesn't have except say we're going to stay in afghanistan for another ten years. >> i don't think romney has it in the whole history of his family. joe, you're going to say about about the decisions about war. not if they have the guts to fight them, the decision making, i was wonder fg their automatically republican a anymore. >> military men and women tend to be conservative about using...
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romney's surrogate told cnn the romney plan was very different. then on wednesday romney said in a local interview that if his plan wasn't identical to ryan's plan, it was, quote, probably close to identical. we await the next update. and one thing was certain this week, not even ryan himself could explain his budget. this is from his first solo interview of the week with fox news. >> the budget plan that you are now supporting would get to balance when? >> well, there are different -- the budget plan that mitt romney is supporting gets us down to 20% of gdp spending by 2016. that means get the size of government back to where it historically has been. what president obama has done is brought the size of government to as high as it hadn't been since world war ii. we want to reduce the size of government so we can have more economic freedom. >> i get that, but what about balance? >> well, i don't know exactly when it balances because i don't want to get wonky on you, but we have not run the number ossen that specific plan. the numbers balance the b
romney's surrogate told cnn the romney plan was very different. then on wednesday romney said in a local interview that if his plan wasn't identical to ryan's plan, it was, quote, probably close to identical. we await the next update. and one thing was certain this week, not even ryan himself could explain his budget. this is from his first solo interview of the week with fox news. >> the budget plan that you are now supporting would get to balance when? >> well, there are different...
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the other thing is if it works for mitt romney, if this rather cynical strategy works for mitt romney, it will also show that the depth of antagonism toward the president and toward his handling of the economy was deeper than the polls measured in the run up to the election. both personal and policy. >> early days of reporting for all of you when you were going to the city commission meetings at midnight. if someone said something on tape that wasn't true, you could just feel the community outrage. but i just don't sense that outrage across america when there's a half truth pulled out. what's happening to the country? >> one of the things that's happening is people have their own spheres of facts and fact checkers and realities. even more dangerous thing in noigs what richard was saying about the cynicism of the strategy is the idea that we don't share an agreement on facts anymore. you're entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts. now everybody has their own facts. >> great to have you with us tonight. >>> coming up, tomorrow is a huge day for the country and the future of
the other thing is if it works for mitt romney, if this rather cynical strategy works for mitt romney, it will also show that the depth of antagonism toward the president and toward his handling of the economy was deeper than the polls measured in the run up to the election. both personal and policy. >> early days of reporting for all of you when you were going to the city commission meetings at midnight. if someone said something on tape that wasn't true, you could just feel the...
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romney promises to do. again, going back to trade with china, genuine bank reform. it's very hard to get a loan these days. it was so pathetic yesterday though that the federal reserve was out of bullets. it was gone from can ons to rifles to bows and arrows to throwing stones and pebbles and marbles and so forth. it has nothing left. that's usually the sign that an economy is headed for trouble. you can't add any more liquidity to get a result. >> the fed is trying, but they're push on a string. interest rates are already low. we have lots of cash reserves, close to 2 trillion for that matter. the price of borrowing is low, so if you're targeting that, i'm not really sure you're going to move the needle much at all and that's why i keep coming back to the fiscal side of this. i disagree with peter that we've done a bunch of stimulus and it hasn't worked. a, it's helped, but we haven't done enough and we've shut it off too soon. >> there's a third phenomenon that i feel has been revealed to me as a reporter over the past three years. 27 cities, all this stuff, and i
romney promises to do. again, going back to trade with china, genuine bank reform. it's very hard to get a loan these days. it was so pathetic yesterday though that the federal reserve was out of bullets. it was gone from can ons to rifles to bows and arrows to throwing stones and pebbles and marbles and so forth. it has nothing left. that's usually the sign that an economy is headed for trouble. you can't add any more liquidity to get a result. >> the fed is trying, but they're push on a...
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it's a matter of romney turning iowa and obama keeping ohio and the other swing states going to romney. >> every state gets 1 vote in the hourpgs for president. yes, gargantuan california with 70 times the population of wyoming gets one vote and wyoming gets one vote. and you have to get 26 votes in order to be elected president. romney is likely to win that, but don't forget about the senate. the senate would have to decide the vice presidency. we think democrats look likely to get a majority of the senate, at least 50/50 where the tie being broken by a certain vice president who might be voting himself into office. so you could have a romney-biden administration. how is that for a my grain? >> let's talk about is senate because we haven't paid much attention to two very important senate races, which party do you think will have control and which individual races do we see changing? >> the democrats clearly have the edge, you take all 100 seats, we see 48 democrats, already in or very likely in versus 43 republicans, that leaves nine seats up for grabs. and those nine seats in our vie
it's a matter of romney turning iowa and obama keeping ohio and the other swing states going to romney. >> every state gets 1 vote in the hourpgs for president. yes, gargantuan california with 70 times the population of wyoming gets one vote and wyoming gets one vote. and you have to get 26 votes in order to be elected president. romney is likely to win that, but don't forget about the senate. the senate would have to decide the vice presidency. we think democrats look likely to get a...
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but i would love to have gingrich and romney, ryan face off about the medicare plan, that romney's -- sorry, paul ryan's medicare plan which gingrich came out of the gates attacking and is now walked back. it's a few days before the florida primary. i want to see him say what he thinks about medicare. >> you referred to the plan as right wing social engineering and got killed for it. josh barro? >> i want to talk to john boehner. remember john boehner? >> yes. >> it was so big in december. it's like we've all forgotten about it. the payroll tax holiday and extended unemployment benefits will expire in a month. >> yes, absolutely. >> i was struck during the state of the union. the president did have a line calling for an extension of the payroll tax cuts but did not mention unemployment benefits. i feel hurt because i've been defending the president on that issue and if he's abandoning his position, i feel a little bit left out to dry. >> left out to dry. >> story of the week, coming up next. i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! speci
but i would love to have gingrich and romney, ryan face off about the medicare plan, that romney's -- sorry, paul ryan's medicare plan which gingrich came out of the gates attacking and is now walked back. it's a few days before the florida primary. i want to see him say what he thinks about medicare. >> you referred to the plan as right wing social engineering and got killed for it. josh barro? >> i want to talk to john boehner. remember john boehner? >> yes. >> it was...
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romney in the republican primaries. when candidates could count on pt base super hating health reform. >> he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. >> politically speaking, on health reform, which is what mr. santorum says he was talking about there, rickç santorum is right. the massachusetts plan is exactly the same as what president obama did at the national level on any substantive elements. in nominating mr. romney in the first place, but now it is a particular mess for the republicans because after the supreme court ruling yesterday the romney side, republican side is saying they are now going to double down on making this year's presidential race all about how awful health reform is. the health reform that's exactly the same as what mitt romney did. the whole basic plan that almost everybody gets health insurance. it's the same thing. romney care is already in effect in massachusetts, nearly 100% of kids are insured. 98% of the population is insured. that's what national health re
romney in the republican primaries. when candidates could count on pt base super hating health reform. >> he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. >> politically speaking, on health reform, which is what mr. santorum says he was talking about there, rickç santorum is right. the massachusetts plan is exactly the same as what president obama did at the national level on any substantive elements. in nominating mr. romney in the first place, but now it...
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romney was beaten in 2008. it may have left his campaign termined that he not get stuck th t fliflopr lal ag even though they leave the ads with the lies in them up and sometimes mr. romney goes on tv invents a brand new policy position he's never had before. llowbehind him and quietly releasing statements faeg back his quotes. when mr. romney was asked in an interview last week about one of his immigration advisers. he said he could not confirm whether kris kobch was part of his team. and they y, he's a romney cagnis soe tes annterews r wiim h campaign says what he said was not true. same thing happened last month when mr. romney came out with a whole new policy position on abortion rights. >> i'm in favor ofbortion being legal in the casof rape d incest in the heth othe lif moer. >> he says he believes abortion should be allowed to protect a woman's health. afterwards the campaign said that's not what he believes. oe allppth legal right to have an abortion if you need one to protect your health as a woman. th
romney was beaten in 2008. it may have left his campaign termined that he not get stuck th t fliflopr lal ag even though they leave the ads with the lies in them up and sometimes mr. romney goes on tv invents a brand new policy position he's never had before. llowbehind him and quietly releasing statements faeg back his quotes. when mr. romney was asked in an interview last week about one of his immigration advisers. he said he could not confirm whether kris kobch was part of his team. and they...
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romney said he is very proud. his record as a businessman, you don't hear as much about his record as governor and a new obama ad helps us to understand why. >> instead of hiring workers from his own state, romney outsourced call center jobs to india. he cut tax for millionaires like himself while raising them on the middle class. and left the state $2.6 billion deeper in debt. so now when mitt romney talks about what he would do as president -- >> i know what it takes to create jobs. >> remember, we've heard it all before. >> now, that's got the folk at karl rove as super pac americans steaming mad. is it trembling in fear in their new ad? >> hey there, fair share. >> they want even deeper cuts. >> whammed happened to hope and change? now it seem he is coming right out of the box with these old-fashioned negative ads. >> if you don't have a record to run original you pain your opponent as someone people should run from. >> that's subtle, isn't it? you can purchase your very own shepherd style poster at the americ
romney said he is very proud. his record as a businessman, you don't hear as much about his record as governor and a new obama ad helps us to understand why. >> instead of hiring workers from his own state, romney outsourced call center jobs to india. he cut tax for millionaires like himself while raising them on the middle class. and left the state $2.6 billion deeper in debt. so now when mitt romney talks about what he would do as president -- >> i know what it takes to create...
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ann romney is the target and mitt romney's advisers aren't too happy about it. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec®. love the air. i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilosec isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! wawas meant to be perfect.fast. crisp, clear, untouched. that's why there's brita, to make the water we drink, taste a little more, perfect. reduce lead and other impurities with the advanced filtration system of brita. guys. come here, come here. [ telephone ringing ] i'm calling my old dealership. [ man ] may ford. hi, yeah. do you guys have any crossovers that offer better highway fuel economy than the chevy equinox? no, sorry, sir. we don't. oh, well, that's too bad. [ man ] kyle, is that you? [ laughs ] [ man ] still here, kyle. [ male announcer ] visit your local chevy dealer today. right now, very well qualified lessees can get a 2012
ann romney is the target and mitt romney's advisers aren't too happy about it. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec®. love the air. i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilosec isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! wawas meant to be perfect.fast. crisp, clear, untouched. that's why...
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mitt romney, oil man. afraid to talk real policy when those pesky kids from the press are around. [ male announcer ] when a major hospital wanted to provide better employee benefits while balancing the company's bottom line, their very first word was... [ to the tune of "lullaby and good night" ] ♪ af-lac ♪ aflac [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. [ yawning sound ] his morning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when... hang on. stan's doctor recommended aleve. it can keep pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is rudy. who switched to aleve. and two pills for a day free of pain. ♪ and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. >>> i've got news for you. >> they sold a lot of tickets for the titanic, too. >> "dallas" and in the drama of mitt romney's campaign, he
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romney in the first place. now it's a particular mess for the republicans because after the supreme court ruling yesterday, the romney side, the republican side, is saying they're now going to double down on making this year's presidential race all about how awful health reform is. the health reform that's exactly the same as what mitt romney did. the whole basic plan that everybody or at least almost everybody gets health insurance, it's the same thing between the two plans. romney care is already in effect in massachusetts, nearly 100% of massachusetts kids are insured now. 98% of the overall population in the state is insured, and that's what national health reform would try to do too if it gets implemented. the mandate where you have to get health insurance and if you don't, you pay a fee or a tax or whatever you want to call t that's exactly the same in massachusetts as it would be at the federal level. here's mitt romney's aup ed from 2009 saying you have to pay a tax if you choose notç to buy health in
romney in the first place. now it's a particular mess for the republicans because after the supreme court ruling yesterday, the romney side, the republican side, is saying they're now going to double down on making this year's presidential race all about how awful health reform is. the health reform that's exactly the same as what mitt romney did. the whole basic plan that everybody or at least almost everybody gets health insurance, it's the same thing between the two plans. romney care is...
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you heard romney in your earlier bite. after santorum says romney is too much like obama on a lot of issues. he's too liberal, he's like obama. you have romney returning to his experience message. i know something about the private economy. santorum is too much like obama in that he doesn't understand how the real economy works. you have santorum responding to that by echoing democratic talking points that you're going to hear if romney is the nominee. this guy is a 1% guy. he's the guy who is a wall street week. neither job is together and one way or the other. . . it's all about this guy is worse than me, not that i have a positive message that the party should rally around. >> just to the last hour of campaigning. he doesn't care what the unemployment rate will be. let's watch. . there's something more foundational that's going on here. we have one nominee who says he wants to run the economy. what kind of kefb active runs the economy. we tend to think the government doesn't create jobs. what the government does is crea
you heard romney in your earlier bite. after santorum says romney is too much like obama on a lot of issues. he's too liberal, he's like obama. you have romney returning to his experience message. i know something about the private economy. santorum is too much like obama in that he doesn't understand how the real economy works. you have santorum responding to that by echoing democratic talking points that you're going to hear if romney is the nominee. this guy is a 1% guy. he's the guy who is...
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the romney campaign doesn't. i don't think they would be wasting the money in pennsylvania on the republican side if they thought they had no chance or at least a chance to distract the democrats. if the romney campaign went on the air in new york, i don't think the obama campaign would feel compelled to match the dollars there. if the obama campaign went on the air in texas tv i don't think the romney campaign would feel the need to go there. the vice president had a trip planned there means they're a little worried. republicans are doing two things at once, not just the romney campaign but outside groups, trying to put pressure on the president to defend turf like minnesota, and to move resources including candidate time away from ohio but to give themselves another potential path. it may be in the end, not predicting it, it's possible romney could win pennsylvania and lose ohio. that would be a surprise but give him a chance to get to 270. >> and by the way, mark, you and i first met in the '92 campaign and we
the romney campaign doesn't. i don't think they would be wasting the money in pennsylvania on the republican side if they thought they had no chance or at least a chance to distract the democrats. if the romney campaign went on the air in new york, i don't think the obama campaign would feel compelled to match the dollars there. if the obama campaign went on the air in texas tv i don't think the romney campaign would feel the need to go there. the vice president had a trip planned there means...
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what's romney's position on this? romney doesn't have any military service. what's he going to do to appeal to the veterans that obama doesn't have? i think it gives the president the edge. >> i don't think romney has it in the whole history of his family. back to joe. you were going to say something about the decisions of war, not if they have the guts to fight, and they certainly do in their training. the decisionmaking. i just wonder if they automatically vote republican any more. >> i have found in my 30 years of military, people tend to overutilize our military. it's been used carelessly in the past decade. we're used to setting goals and trying to achieve those, not having the goals move down the yard line like it did in iraq. . ending a tragic misadventure in iraq because it was harming our national security here at home, being able to violate international air space to pakistan, and then to be able to say i'm going to pivot to where the real challenge for us, his ability to think through and present as a president but also not coming into office with
what's romney's position on this? romney doesn't have any military service. what's he going to do to appeal to the veterans that obama doesn't have? i think it gives the president the edge. >> i don't think romney has it in the whole history of his family. back to joe. you were going to say something about the decisions of war, not if they have the guts to fight, and they certainly do in their training. the decisionmaking. i just wonder if they automatically vote republican any more....
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barack obama's in touch, mitt romney is out of touch. and she even he told the huffington "post" i can't understand why any woman would want to vote for mitt romney except maybe mrs. romney. is this a theme we'll be hearing, that he doesn't get it? >> absolutely. women are a big swing in the election. mitt romney's speech last week, he named essentially every woman he's ever been close to. his wife, he talked about miss chief of staff, he he talked about his lieutenant governor. condi rice. you can tell he knows he has ten point deficit with women and romney is really aggressively trying to close that. and the president's job tonight and the job of the dnc speakers is to make sure to remind people that the republicans' views on issues. pot just in terms of abortions and women's rights, but also women tend to be more liberal on education and taxes. and i think you'll hear michelle obama speak out on those issues, as well. it's not just a women's issue thing. just in general women are such a big bloc. white women the biggest swing group. a
barack obama's in touch, mitt romney is out of touch. and she even he told the huffington "post" i can't understand why any woman would want to vote for mitt romney except maybe mrs. romney. is this a theme we'll be hearing, that he doesn't get it? >> absolutely. women are a big swing in the election. mitt romney's speech last week, he named essentially every woman he's ever been close to. his wife, he talked about miss chief of staff, he he talked about his lieutenant governor....
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mitt romney says that mitt romney is not qualified to be president. this has been a weird week, a lot of fast moving developments in the presidential campaign, but i don't think anybody could have predicted the week was going to end like this. you may remember back in july during mr. romney's big overseas trip to europe and the middle east, mr. romney sat down with abc news and spoke with them in part about his tax returns, talked with them about why we the people have not been allowed to see many of his tax returns, despite the fact he's been going around the country telling everybody a lot of things of what's in those returns, he said he's paid all of his taxes, we have to trust him, take his word on that but we're not going to be allowed to see the evidence. here what he told abc news at the time. >> i have paid all the taxes required by law. i don't pay more than are legally due. frankly, if i had paid more than are legally due, i don't think i'd be qualified to become president. >> if i had paid more than are legally due, i don't think i'd be qua
mitt romney says that mitt romney is not qualified to be president. this has been a weird week, a lot of fast moving developments in the presidential campaign, but i don't think anybody could have predicted the week was going to end like this. you may remember back in july during mr. romney's big overseas trip to europe and the middle east, mr. romney sat down with abc news and spoke with them in part about his tax returns, talked with them about why we the people have not been allowed to see...
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romney. they did not try to capitalize on the triumph in the debate by doing a big event the next morning. the next day news coverage of the results of that it late night debate. the first presidential debate did not include follow up, post debate footage of mr. romney but did include footage of president obama on the stump looking comparatively strong and reflecting on his sorry performance with a bit of a grin and hitting mr. romney on the one line that everybody remembers from the debate which is big bird. obama campaign dispatched a new, tall, yellow-feathered surrogate to follow the campaign around and remind them of the line from the debate. mitt romney saying he would fire big bird. and ever since, president obama has been out there enjoying the campaign's big bird moment. >> when he was asked what he would do to cut spending, he said he would go after public television. for all you moms and kids out there, don't worry, somebody is finally cracking down on big bird. elmo has made a run
romney. they did not try to capitalize on the triumph in the debate by doing a big event the next morning. the next day news coverage of the results of that it late night debate. the first presidential debate did not include follow up, post debate footage of mr. romney but did include footage of president obama on the stump looking comparatively strong and reflecting on his sorry performance with a bit of a grin and hitting mr. romney on the one line that everybody remembers from the debate...
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show me and put romney ahead by three. we swing at 6.5 points, if that happens romney is looking better in ohio, virginia, colorado, everywhere. >> the obama campaign doesn't make that calculus, because they focus on microtargets in different states. >> they all do. if you move the national number, you move on the swing states. >> the man famgs for breaking the watergate scandal is back somehow taking americans inside the tense debate last summer while the white house and congress tried it to hammer out a debt deal territory that has been covered many, many times. bob woodward's new book is called "the price of politics." it looks at how the administration has repeatedly clashed with republicans over the past three and a half years when it comes to spending and tax policy. woodward sat down with with an sbeer view with abc's diane sawyer. >> you really say in the book nobody nervous dharnlg. is that the president's fault? >> well, my conclusion is president clinton, president reagan and if you look at them and criticize th
show me and put romney ahead by three. we swing at 6.5 points, if that happens romney is looking better in ohio, virginia, colorado, everywhere. >> the obama campaign doesn't make that calculus, because they focus on microtargets in different states. >> they all do. if you move the national number, you move on the swing states. >> the man famgs for breaking the watergate scandal is back somehow taking americans inside the tense debate last summer while the white house and...
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once the nominee is assured in april for romney, the romney forces come in and they take over the rnc and they run the convention. i was the dnc chair. and when gore and bradley were fighting it out, i made all the decisions. as soon as gore because the nominee, i was like a hired hand. and you understand that. so the campaign did it and the campaign made the mistake of putting clint eastwood in. the campaign made the mistake of allowing chris christie to make a speech which was angry, hostile and didn't mention mitt romney until minute 14 because they approved all of those speeches. they should have said, huh-uh, you start out your speech talking about governor romney. you don't talk about governor christie. talk about governor romney. we're not here to audition for 2016. we're here to win 2012. >> governor, i hear you there and i think we can find from sort of -- you want to be the theater critic, we can find a lot of faults in how the week went off. the point i made at the start of this week was that conventions in general and more specifically acceptance speeches from presidential
once the nominee is assured in april for romney, the romney forces come in and they take over the rnc and they run the convention. i was the dnc chair. and when gore and bradley were fighting it out, i made all the decisions. as soon as gore because the nominee, i was like a hired hand. and you understand that. so the campaign did it and the campaign made the mistake of putting clint eastwood in. the campaign made the mistake of allowing chris christie to make a speech which was angry, hostile...
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yet a may gallup polls show vets favor governor romney. in fact, during wednesday's debate governor romney reiterated his commitment to strengthen the nation's military. >> we have a responsibility to protect the lives and liberties of our people, and that means a military second to none. i do not believe in cutting our military. i believe in maintaining the strength of america's military. >> so let's bring in beau biden, attorney general for the state of delaware. he is also a major in the delaware national guard having served a 12-pomonth deployment iraq. he's also the vice president's son. mitt romney has hammered president obama for the automatic military cuts that could take place as a result of congress failing to reach a debt deal. even the defense secretary said the cuts could be staef dating. does that hurt the president in the vet community? >> number one, congress must act and avoid sequestration op any of these defense cuts. number two, you know, governor romney seems to confuse the defense budget from the veterans budget. what
yet a may gallup polls show vets favor governor romney. in fact, during wednesday's debate governor romney reiterated his commitment to strengthen the nation's military. >> we have a responsibility to protect the lives and liberties of our people, and that means a military second to none. i do not believe in cutting our military. i believe in maintaining the strength of america's military. >> so let's bring in beau biden, attorney general for the state of delaware. he is also a...
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this was not a good day for mitt romney. >> conservative commentators took romney to task for his comments about the poor. even tea party senator of south carolina jim demint says he needs to backtrack and reframe his comments. when you got jim demint to pull something back you know you're in trouble. bob, will the romney camp shift gears or stick to the script here? >> this wasn't the script. he may have been saying it on the road but i'm sure stewart stevens, his strategist, doesn't want him to say something like this. what happened with romney in a series of comments overtime when he gets off the leash, he's actually proving the point that president obama is trying to make. that this is an election between fairness and unfairness. that is why i think you've seen the approval numbers for romney go down, he's now 31/41 upside down in the nbc wall street journal poll. a new poll in ohio today showing him losing that critical state by 6 points to the president. they have been clobbering newt gingrich by saying he has a lot of baggage. the truth is, romney has a lot of baggage, too, only his
this was not a good day for mitt romney. >> conservative commentators took romney to task for his comments about the poor. even tea party senator of south carolina jim demint says he needs to backtrack and reframe his comments. when you got jim demint to pull something back you know you're in trouble. bob, will the romney camp shift gears or stick to the script here? >> this wasn't the script. he may have been saying it on the road but i'm sure stewart stevens, his strategist,...